Amazon Fire To Take on iPad-Yea like we haven't heard that before!

I first want to say that I'm not writing this because I'm an Apple junkie, ok well I am :). When Amazon announced yesterday that they are entering the Tablet world, there were a lot of speculations going around that this would give iPad a run for it's money. Well in my world, and by that I mean my mind, there will always be people who are Android people and there are iOS people. Since Apple introduced the iPad it amazed the techie world. It was like when man first discovered fire. Then the tablet war began. There have been many, and some have done well. But because of the prices and smaller sizes, they just were considered average. The one that came the closest is the Motorola Zoom, the screen sizes were about the same.  With the Fire, it looks sharp. It's a e-reader on steroids. But from all that I've read, and I've read a lot, it seems all Amazon has done is make a tablet to rival the Nook color. Yeah, it's smaller, but that means it's better for sticking in a pocket, reading one-handed, watching movies in truer widescreen. So people who are shopping for an iPad because it's a great way to watch movies and read books (thanks in part to the iPad's excellent Kindle app), these people might want to save $300 and buy a Kindle Fire instead. But the advent of a hot-selling cheaper Amazon tablet isn't likely to slow the growth of the iPad, which continues to have its own charm, not least of all being a key part of the Apple ecosystem. What it does do is convince people to ignore all of those other tablets that have sprung up since the iPad's launch. The Fire seems to be great because by some people testing it out, it will rival other Android tablets because it is priced lower than all those that came before it, you know the others that were also gonna give iPad a run for it's money. Also Don't let the screen-size numbers fool you, a 7-inch tablet has half the screen real estate of Apple's 10-incher. There's little onboard memory, there are fewer, if any, creative or business apps, there's no camera or microphone. So automatically anyone who chooses the iPad for its ability to create art or music, or manage spreadsheets, or edit photos, they just won't be looking at the Fire. Maybe with Steve Jobs stepping down, we might even get Flash video capability! As I started this out by saying, there will always be Android people and iOS people.

Facebook vs. Google+

When Facebook opened to the public in September 2006, it was just a URL. But then, BAM! Facebook became the fabric of our daily lives. Paired with twitter, the world became a place that was instant. Americans, especially are a microwave society, so for all us impatient people we say, hooray! Now the whole world is connected unlike anything we've seen since Al Gore invented the Internet...lol. On a side note wouldn't it be great if more Christians used the platform to at least spread the Gospel at least once a day. If every Christian did that, and planted that seed to one un-saved person, could you imagine. Ok back to the subject. Through the years FB has pretty much kept people in touch with family and friends with up to date daily things that go on in our lives which is awesome. I read an article recently about every time FB implements changes people threaten to leave, but we don't. We don't like change. We get comfortable with the hear and now. Which now brings me to Google+. I admit I haven't fooled around in it to much, but it has the promise of being a great adversary. Think right now Godzilla vs Mothra. To me, Google+ is a bit clunky. Even though there are millions of users, not many of my circles use it as well. If they did, it would give me a better reason to split my time between the two. Maybe that opinion will change once I spend more time on it. I do hope that Google+ becomes successful. But for me, for now I will keep FB full-time.

Terra Nova = Messy

Well I spent two hours on Monday night watching Terra Nova on Fox. The premise of the show was that in the future the earth is dying apparently at the hands of humans. The sky is dark, the air contains gas's that the citizens have to wear masks. So people are chosen I think, it wasn't really addressed, by their professions. The story starts out following the Shannon family. In this future parents can only have two children. Well they have 3. When suspected, the police show up, search the apt and find the third child. Jim, the father, was arrested and thrown into a maximum security, futuristic prison. Advance two years or so, and his wife, Mira, visits Jim and gives him a tool to break out and join them on their way to Terra Nova. We aren't really sure how he escaped or how they retrieved their third child from another secure location. Maybe I missed it while getting some water or something. Before we go further I'll add that this beginning seemed a bit liberal to me. Shame on us for messing up the planet, blah, blah. Now enter the family, all together now, on a platform walking towards a gateway. BUT a security officer seems to take interest in in Jim, pulls him aside for not sure why? Then he takes off and jumps through the gate with his family. Think a low budget Stargate. Then they arrive at the 85 million year old destination. The compound is enclosed and state of the art. I'm not sure how that's possible without satellites. Remember they traveled millions of years in the past. Now as a Christian, I know the earth isn't that old. Ok back to the story, the adults seem to get assigned jobs, which I think is good. Then there are the dinosaurs. What to say. The looked completely fake! Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, who gave us the amazing Dinos in Jurrassic Park, fell short. You would have thought Sid and Marty Krofft did the effects...lol. Then enter the criminals, the 6's. We aren't sure who their leader is but they are up to no good. So begins the adventure if you choose to. I for one will not.